Cristina Bolborea

„Cristina Bolborea’s admiration towards artists such as Van Eyck or Rubens finds its primordial form in the fabric and motifs of carpets displayed in trompe l’oeil on various supports; three dimensional, distinct renditions, these spatial objects created from engobed sandstone exhibit a visual poignancy that lingers on the awestruck, vivid and charmed retina; carpets stemming from the East return to her gat after hovering about the imagination or work of these painters with such intensity, that the indebted posterity even gave them their names. In a different morphological registry, the artist ensures us that History is written,[and]the colors carry it forth, and it reaches far and wide, after passing the Eye of the Storm in order to find its recipient, without detours or embarkment”. - Doina Pauleanu PhD, art critic and director of the Constanta Art Museum.

„Cristina Bolborea’s admiration towards artists such as Van Eyck or Rubens finds its primordial form in the fabric and motifs of carpets displayed in trompe l’oeil on various supports; three dimensional, distinct renditions, these spatial objects created from engobed sandstone exhibit a visual poignancy that lingers on the awestruck, vivid and charmed retina; carpets stemming from the East return to her gat after hovering about the imagination or work of these painters with such intensity, that the indebted posterity even gave them their names. In a different morphological registry, the artist ensures us that History is written,[and]the colors carry it forth, and it reaches far and wide, after passing the Eye of the Storm in order to find its recipient, without detours or embarkment”. - Doina Pauleanu PhD, art critic and director of the Constanta Art Museum.

„Cristina Bolborea’s admiration towards artists such as Van Eyck or Rubens finds its primordial form in the fabric and motifs of carpets displayed in trompe l’oeil on various supports; three dimensional, distinct renditions, these spatial objects created from engobed sandstone exhibit a visual poignancy that lingers on the awestruck, vivid and charmed retina; carpets stemming from the East return to her gat after hovering about the imagination or work of these painters with such intensity, that the indebted posterity even gave them their names. In a different morphological registry, the artist ensures us that History is written,[and]the colors carry it forth, and it reaches far and wide, after passing the Eye of the Storm in order to find its recipient, without detours or embarkment”. - Doina Pauleanu PhD, art critic and director of the Constanta Art Museum.

Born: May 11, 1956, Bucharest, Romania

Education:

2009 Doctorate in fine and decorative arts - National University of Arts – Bucharest, Romania